Improvement in fly-traps



Unire S'rafrns ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES EMERY AND JOSEPH E. GOTT, OF BUOKSPORT, MAINE, ASSIGNORS TO JAMESEMERY, OF SAME PLACE.

HVIPROVEIVIENT IN FLY-TRAPS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,007, dated May Q2,1865.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES EMERY and JOSEPH E. Go'r'1,ot'Bucksport, inthe county otl Hancock and State ot' Maine, haveinvented a new anduseful or Improved Fly-Trap; and we do hereby declare the same to befully described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of Which- Figure l is a. top view, Fig. 2 a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, of it.

In the said drawings, Adenote's a box, open at bottom and provided witha foraminous cover or top, a., and also with a foraminous partit-ion orslide, b, the latter being arrau ged above the bottom of the box, and soas to slide into and out ot' the box through one end of it. The oppositesides ot' the box should be provided with creases or their equivalentsfor supporting the slide b. The use of this slide is to cover the bait.

From an opening, c, in the top of the box a ioraminous conic frustumextends down into the box and to a short distance above the slide b.Furthermore, there is another or escape opening, el, on the top of thebox, such being provided with a foraminous slide or turning damper, e.Arim or flange, t', extends around the opening l concentrically, andserves to keep in place either a bell-glass or foraminous receiver, B,arranged over the damper and its opening.

When the trap is in use it is intended to be placed directly over a trayor shallow pan for holdin g bait or a mixture oi' molasses and vinegar.An equivalent for the slide b would be a foraminous cover arranged onthe bait-dish.

The iiies or insects, seenting the odor of the bait, will light on thetop of the trap, and, perceiving the bait, will pass down theentrancemouth orcouic frustum and enter the box; but, finding themselvesseparated from the bait by the foraminous partition or slide, andperceiviilg the large escape-opening leading into the glass receiver,they will Hy up through it and into the receiver. By turning the valveor damper they will be entrapped in the receiver, which from time totime may be removed and plunged into water, in order to kill theinsects. This trap is very efficient in action.

The object of having the partition to slide into the box is to enable itto be removed, so as to allow the glass receiver to be packed within thebox for the purpose of transporta tion or otherwise, as occasionrequire.

We claim- The said improved iiy or insect trap as composed ot' the boxwith a foraminous top and partition or its equivalent, the taperingmouth or entrance frusturn, the escape-opening, with its valve ordamper, and the receiver or glass bell, arranged together substantiallyas specitied.

JAS. EMERY. JOSEPH E. GOTT.

Witnesses R. H. EMERY, ,J. FRANK R. Foss.

